Driving Impact with Clear Sustainability Reporting

This presentation explores the purpose, frameworks, and benefits of sustainability reporting. It highlights how transparent communication of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance drives accountability, builds stakeholder trust, and supports long-term value creation for organizations.

1. Sustainability Reporting Presentation by Prajkta B Date: 19/05/2025

2. Introduction to Sustainability Reporting Sustainability reporting is the disclosure of ESG performance and impacts.

3. Importance for Stakeholders Informing investors, customers, employees, and regulators.

4. Key Frameworks Overview GRI, SASB, TCFD, ISSB, CDP, and others.

5. GRI Standards Deep Dive Global Reporting Initiative standards: principles, structure, and examples.

6. ESG vs. Sustainability Reporting ESG focuses on investment criteria; sustainability reporting is broader.

7. Materiality in Reporting Distinguishing stakeholder and financial materiality.

8. Integrated Reporting (IR) Combining financial and sustainability performance in one report.

9. Assurance and Verification Third-party audits to ensure credibility of reports.

10. Benefits to Companies Enhances reputation, investor confidence, and long-term success.

11. Challenges and Criticisms Issues like greenwashing, data comparability, and complexity.

12. Digital Tools and Software Platforms like SAP, Workiva, and Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability.

13. Case Studies Examples of companies with exemplary reporting practices.

14. Future Trends Mandatory reporting, AI tools, and evolving standards.

15. Conclusion and Takeaways Transparency leads to accountability and continuous improvement.